†Branchiosaurus salamandroides Fritsch 1875 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Branchiosauridae

Synonym: Protriton fayoli Thevenin 1906

Belongs to Branchiosaurus according to R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2014

See also Schoch 2013

Sister taxa: Branchiosaurus commentryensis, Branchiosaurus darrahi

Type specimens:

  • Branchiosaurus salamandroides: NMP 332/M1167 (Lectotype), a skeleton. Its type locality is Nyrany, which is in a Westphalian D lacustrine coal in the Kladno Formation of the Czech Republic.
  • Protriton fayoli: Its type locality is Commentry, which is in a Stephanian C terrestrial horizon in France.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of the Czech Republic (2 collections), France (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details

Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.